I am looking for a Japanese (circa 1800) paper umbrella either static or retractable. I know I have seen one somewhere, but I am unable to recall where I have seen it. The accompanying image is typical of that era motif.

A 6 rib version is available in PoserPros Free Stuff - near the top of the pile. There's also a link to another one in teh same thread.

Thank you. I saw those. Unfortunately the geometry is not reflective of the era I am seeking.

Attached Link: http://yokohama.cool.ne.jp/tomiya910/

Is this what you are looking for?

THey are at TOmiya-san's site. Look in Neo-Japan for WaKasa.

Attached Link: http://market.renderosity.com/softgood.ez?ViewSoftgood=17085

There's one in the Marketplace too by gebe.

Thank you so very Shogakusha-san. I have been to this site often. I did not recognize the file since my browser does not have the kanji fonts and I cannot read Japanese and there are no images, I just totally missed it. I am most appreciative of your guidance. I will be downloading the other file just to see what they are. Who knows the other files may be just what I have been looking for. Shogakusha-san, may I also ask if you are aware of any meshes that depict the following era structures. I am unable to learn more of the mesh since I am unable to read the text descriptions, Please refer to this url: http://homepage1.nifty.com/hakka/edo/3dedo/ukiyodoko/index.html Once again thank you so very much. Also, thank you Firebirdz for the alternate link. I will be coming back later for all the objects.

cliffwms, Where there are 3 links for a product on Tomiya-san's site, the 3rd one is a link to the image. Also if you use Mozilla in place of IE (a good thing for many reasons), it's trivial to add the needed extra fonts. Instructions will appear when you encounter them.

Attached Link: http://edogoyomi.page.ne.jp/download/3dmodels/

Cliffwms, HONEY-san models all her own buildings to my knowledge, and she is quite good. She mostly uses Metasequoia, but has been converting some of her stuff to OBJ and even Poser format files. Check her download page at link provided. Also, feel free to drop HONEY an email. She is courteous, helpful and speaks excellent English.

Also, if you are looking to purchase, Forester has a website www.expandingwave.com where she has a broadening selection of items specifically from the Feudal Japanese era.

Shogakusha

Thank you Shogakusha-san This is most helpful. I will be contacting HONEY to ask her about her works. Thank you so much for your assistnace. Cliff

do-itashimashite }-) You are welcome. You should check out HONEY-san's Tsuyama Castle!!!